There and Back Again: Tolkien in 2015
Additional Attractions:
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Friday:
Orton Geological Museum, Orton Hall
6:00-8:00 pm
Reception
6:30 pm, Orton Hall room 110
Poetry and Flash Fiction Reading
Featuring Paige Quiñones and Molly Olguin
Saturday:
Creative Arts Room, Lower Level of the Ohio Union
Exhibitions
9:00 am-12 noon
Calligraphy Guild of Columbus
9:00 am-2:00 pm
Eric Johnson (Ohio State – Rare Books & Manuscripts),
Mary-Allen Johnson (Ohio State – Hilandar Research Library)
Bradford Eden (Valparaiso U. – Library Services)
9:00 am-4:00 pm
Medieval Swords Display
12:00-12:45
Tolkien Artworks
Featuring Bradford Eden (Valparaiso University, Library Services)
Book signing
Followed by a book signing (The Hobbit in Tolkien's Mythology: Essays on Revisions and Influences)
Copies available for purchase on-site; cash or checks payable to "The Ohio State University Foundation"
Dance Room 1, Lower Level of the Ohio Union
9:00 am-4:00 pm
Children's Room and Game Room: Arts and Games for enthusiasts of all ages!
- J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
- The Hobbit: The Defeat of Smaug
- The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game
- Hobbit Tales
- The Hobbit Card Game
- Smaug Dragon Puzzle
Dance Room 2, Lower Level of the Ohio Union
10:00 am
Medieval Dancing
The Medieval and Renaissance Performer's Guild offers participants a lesson in the art of medieval dance.
2:30 pm
Medieval Dancing
David Sweeten (The Ohio State University) teaches participants the art of medieval dance and leads you along as you learn the steps.
4:30 pm
Stage Combat
The Medieval and Renaissance Performer's Guild brings some hits! Learn the strikes, holds, and grapples of early modern combat in this staged demonstration.
Lower Level Foyer, Ohio Union
9:00 am-4:00 pm
Alexandras Adornments
A vendor from the Ohio Renaissance Festival specializes in making jewelry, renaissance feather fans, mini top hats... and more!
Exhibit & Demonstration
Professor Richard Janda and student Morgan Smith (of Indiana University) will present samples of an invented language, discuss a Tolkien in-class activity ("The Adventures of Sage Alforge"), and play recorded excerpts of student projects that involve music, translation, or (other) conlangs.
Hagerty 046, Hagerty Hall
12:00
Screening of a lecture by Tom Shippey delivered at The Ohio State University in 2006
Facilitated by Professor James McNelis III
(Wilmington College)
Hagerty 180, Hagerty Hall
9:30 am
Film Screening #1:
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Extended Edition)
1:00-2:30
Falconry Demonstration
Featuring Joe Dorrian (falconer)
Introduced by Professor James McNelis III (Wilmington College)
2:30 pm
Film Screening # 2:
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Maudine Cow Room
4:30-6:00 pm
Video Game Workshop
Presider: Carole Robinson, Kent State University-- Trumbull
(Interested participants need to provide their own laptops with wifi capabilities in order to access and play along).
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Unless otherwise indicated, all events will take place in the Ohio Union, 1739 N. High Street, or in Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Road, Columbus, OH 43210.
- Tolkien Conference call for papers.
- Tolkien Days registration form
- Registration Deadline: Wednesday February 18!!!!
- Hotel Accommodations: We have group rooms reserved at Hampton Inn & Suites (501 N. High Street). To make a reservation, please call 614-559-2000 and use the code TOL . You can also go to the website and use the promotional group code TOL.